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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of evaluable participants (CCA)

From: Exploratory analysis of the effect of a controlled lifestyle intervention on inflammatory markers – the Healthy Lifestyle Community Programme (cohort 2)

Characteristics

Intervention (n = 70)

Control (n = 34)

p-value

Means

or n

SEM

or %

Means

or n

SEM

or %

Men, n (%)

24

34.3

13

38.2

0.827 a

Age at baseline, years

59.7

1.0

53.9

1.7

0.003 b

hs-CRP, mg/l

1.3

0.2

2.6

0.7

0.667 b

Hcy, µmol/l *

12.4

0.4

11.8

0.4

0.635 b

Apn, µg/ml †

10.5

0.6

7.7

0.6

0.001 b

Body weight, kg

81.4

2.0

82.3

3.7

0.936 b

BMI, kg/m2

27.2

0.5

27.5

1.1

0.771 b

WC, cm

98.7

1.6

94.5

2.6

0.162 c

Overweight, n (%)

49

70.0

21

61.8

0.504 a

Obese, n (%)

16

22.9

8

23.5

1.000 a

Smoker status,

n (%)

Never

41

58.6

17

50.0

0.262 a

Ex

23

32.9

10

29.4

Smoker

6

8.6

7

20.6

Marital status,

n (%)

Married

59

84.3

31

91.2

0.945 a

Partner (unmarried)

5

7.1

1

2.9

Single (not widowed)

3

4.3

1

2.9

Single (widowed)

3

4.3

1

2.9

Educational level,

n (%)

Lower secondary school

15

21.4

11

32.4

0.009 a

Secondary school

32

45.7

10

29.4

University entrance qualification

10

14.3

12

35.3

University degree

13

18.6

1

2.9

  1. CCA Complete case analysis, hs-CRP high-sensitivity C-reactive protein. Hcy Homocysteine, Apn Adiponectin, BMI body mass index, WC Waist circumference, SEM Standard error of the mean, p-value for between-group comparisons by:
  2. a Fisher’s exact test (two-sided)
  3. b Mann–Whitney U test (two-sided)
  4. c independent t-test (two-sided)
  5. * Intervention: n = 68; control: n = 52; † Intervention: n = 80; control: n = 61